Page 50 of Caught By the Bratva Boss

“Why?”

It was Daniil’s turn to stay silent. He quickly looked away and then back again. Me, he hadn’t killed Greg because of me and how it would make me feel.

“Thank you.” I covered his hand with mine.

“Don’t thank me yet, Lily. I still might go and kill him. Every time I see his fingerprints around your throat, I am tempted to, and then there’s the fact that he threatened me.” Steadily, he stared at me. “I can’t let a nobody like him threaten me, even if he is harmless.”

“Wait? He threatened you?”

"He threatened you as well, but yes. Your darling fiancé threatened to ruin both of us. They are idle threats, and I am more than capable of looking after myself, but you? I won’t take any risks with you. So from now on, you don’t do anything or go anywhere without security with you.”

“Ok.”

“Ok?” he looked shocked, his eyes widening. “Did you just agree with me without argument?”

I shrugged, not liking the teasing in his voice. “I don’t think Greg will hurt me.”

Daniel’s eyes flashed. “He already did.”

Ignoring him I shook my head. “He’s not usually violent, but he is still dangerous.”

Daniil stared at me blankly, and then he chuckled.

“I mean it. He’s a genius.”

That forced his laughter to stop. His eyes narrowed. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, he’s a tech genius. He’s been hacking for years. How do you think he got into such a prestigious school? He hacked—”

“I have the best minds in the business running my cybersecurity, Lily. He won’t be able to ruin me like that. And if he comes after people I care about, I will end him.”

Exasperated, I blew a raspberry. He was underestimating Greg, and that was dangerous. I had seen with my own eyes how quickly he could get through the best cybersecurity.

“Don’t worry,” he patted my knee.

I slapped his hand away, crossing my arms over my chest. “You’re not listening to me, he will.”

Again, he cut me off. “I will look into it, but I don’t think Greg will be any serious threat. Now, shall we go home?”

“Yes, I’m exhausted. I would like to go to bed.”

Daniil’s eyes glittered. “I can’t think of anything better,” He grinned

God, why was he so impossible? “I would like to go to bed alone, Daniil. I am tired.”

He didn’t answer me. He just chuckled and pulled back into traffic.

“Is everything ok?”

I swept past Daniil, who opened the door for me like the gentleman he pretended he was, and was met with Anya sitting in the middle of the foyer in her chair, wearing a concerned look on her face. Her eyes darted between the two of us.

Her shoulders slumped. “What did he do this time?” she aimed her question at me.

Shrugging out of my coat, I folded it across my arms and turned to glare at him. But I wasn’t about to go over this again, no matter who asked me. Huffing, I stormed towards the stairs.

“Lily,” Anya called out after me.

“Leave it, Anya,” Daniil grumbled. “She’s just in a mood because I gave her piece of shit fiancé the beating he deserved.”